Improved machine for tarring- paper for roofing



UNITED STATES PATnivT raten.

JAMES HOIVARD, OF WEST MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR 'EARRING PAPER FR ROOFINA.

@cci/cation form-ng part of Letters Pate-nt No.- 95,689, dated Octoberl2, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HOWARD, of West Manchester, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Tarring Paper for I ooling, and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the' combination and arrangementof windlasses, adjustable press-roller, guide-rolls, and scrapers with areservoir for holding, and heating` the tar, asplialtum, or other matterused for satura-ting and coating paper used for roofing, the whole beingconstructed, combined, 'arranged, and operating substantially in themanner hereinafter described.

j `To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed t0 dcs'eribe its construction and operation.

ln the accompanying drawings, which make p art otl my specification,Figure l iS a pel'- spective View of my improved machine for tai-ringpaper for reeling'. Fig. 2' is a longitudinal section of' the same.

In the drawings, A represents the reservoir for holding' the tar,asphaltum, or other n1atter suitable for satin-ating and coating thepaper for roofing. This reservoir should be constructed of iron, and soarranged that it can be placed over a suitable furnace for the purposeol' melting and heating` the substance used li'or saturating and coatingthe paper.

The reservoir A is provided with two windlasses, B and (l, guide-rolls cand f, and scrapcrs h and e', all of which are supported on uprights J,r, andi. About midway between the scraper IL and the windlass B isplaced a press-roller, D, which has its bearings in an adjustable frame,X, which moves in grooves Iliade in the sides of'reservoir A, and isheld in the desired position by pins 0.

As the construction and the arrangement ofv the several parts describedand their relation to each other will readily be understood by theskillful mechanic without further description, I will at once proceed todescribe their operal tion, which is as follows:

The paper to be saturated and coated is wound onto the windlass B. Thecoal-tar, asphaltum, or other suitable material used for the purpose ofsatura-ting` and coating the paf per, is placed in the reservoir A, andmelted and made sufficiently hot to cause the paper to dry by passing itonce through the contents of the reservoir. After the coal-tar or othermatter used is vmelted and heated tothe desired degree, I then pass oneend oi' the paper m on the windlass B, down into the mellcd and heatedmattei', drawing it under the roller D, passing it over the scraper IL,and between the rolls e and f, and under the scral'ier i, and finallyonto the windlass C, as shown Ain the drawings. l then turn the windlassC, which will unwind thepaper m i'rom oft'thc windlass Il land wind itonto the windlass (l. The roll l.) will keep the paper down in themelted mat. ter in the reservoir, and the scraper /L will scrape oft'the surplus matter lrom the under side ofthe paper, and the scraper lwill sm'npe ofi" the surplus matter''rom the upper side, and rolls candj" will keep the paper in line willi relation to the Scrapers 1'. andll..

in saving` time, labor, and expense in saturarofthe abovedescribedmachine, which enables the operator to saturate7 coal', dry, and pnl;the paper up in rolls ol" the desired size al; a single operation. y

Those skilled in the art of' preparing; paper for rooiing will readilysee other advantages which will result l'rom the use ol my improvedsaturating' and coating the paper, fo all dripping; and dribbling on the'lloor oli the saturating and coating room is entirely avoided, and theuse of large drying-rooms and suspension-racks is dispensed with, andthe manu facturer can, vwithout waiting for the dripping,- and drying`process, dispose of'llis stock.

Having thus described the nature, construe-- tion, and operation of myimprovement, what I claim as ol? my invention is- The arrangement 0i"the reservoirA, wind lasses B and C, adjustable rollers .D, Scrapers iand h, and rollers c and f, constructed, arranged, and operating`substantially as here in described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAS. H0 WARD.

Witnesses JAMES J. JOHNSTON,

ALEXANDER HAYs.

The advantage ol' my improvement consists ing` and coating paper forreeling', by the use machine, such as cleanliness in the process of

